Impact of breast cancer patients' awareness on attendance at screening

International Nursing Review

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 353-361

  Shieh, S H ^a,b   Chen, H C ^c   Tsai, W C ^a   Kuo, S Y ^e   Tsai, Y F ^d   Lu, C H ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHING KUO INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast cancer screening; Cancer education; Cancer policy; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865320956     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2012.00983.x     Document Type: Article

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